MIAMI (AP) — Trayvon Martin’s parents say they’re still in shock and disbelief that jurors acquitted George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of their 17- year-old son. Martin’s parents made appearances on network morning news shows today. On NBC’s “Today” show, Sybrina Fulton questioned whether jurors looked at the shooting from her son’s point […]
2013
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Son of Sandusky seeks name change
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A son of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is seeking to have his name changed more than a year after his adoptive father was convicted of child sexual abuse. Matt Sandusky filed papers Tuesday in Centre County Court seeking to have the names of him and his family […]
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Unemployment aid applications drop
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 24,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 334,000, a sign that steady job gains should continue. The Labor Department says the four-week average, which smooths out fluctuations, dropped 5,250 to 351,000. The trend in applications has been positive this year, although the weekly […]
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Hey, no one’s perfect
If Eliot Spitzer had been president of France or some other European country, his tryst with a prostitute five years ago would have been tabloid fodder for a few months, then forgotten. Not so in this country, of course: Spitzer’s story made Page One headlines, he was forced to resign from office and he’s spent […]
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The coming blackout
In 2003, a high voltage wire in Ohio sagged under the load of heavy summer use, took down another line and caused a cascading blackout that affected 20 million people. Question: Has much changed since then regarding upgrades to our electrical grid? Check your flashlights, folks.
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Summer daytripping through the Mid-coast
A recent walk around town gave a visual confirmation that the summer travel season is now in full swing in Mid-coast Maine. Numbers have been up at the Regional Visitor Information Center in Bath, with an average number of 150 visitors per day in the first two weeks of July. This week those numbers have […]
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Gun lobby must hit back vs. media bias
To the Editor: In answer to “How far is the reach of the gun lobby” (Letters, June 28, Page A10), I must answer “not far enough.” The truth is that it’s the anti-gun lobby that has too far a reach, as it has long been in league with the media. It has been a long […]
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Martin verdict: Only in the South
To the Editor: The verdict in the case of George Zimmerman was proof, once again, that in the South, justice still lags behind the rest of America. Zimmerman is a cop wannabe who patrols the streets of Florida as a neighborhood watch vigilante, looking for blacks who are not where they “belong.” Zimmerman was spoiling […]